Jun. 2nd, 2009

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Atton's ship drops out of orbit around Transimir, a massive, dust-orange and white ball that doesn't look like it would support life.

Floating around it, there's a rather large space station, all dull greys and blacks, with several beeping lights.

"Okay," Atton says, wheeling around the pilot's chair to peer at Will and Guppy. "I have a contact on the Transimir Station. Once we talk to him, we can do stuff. Cantinas. Museums. Stuff. I mean, not museums, they're dull, but cantinas."
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Docking Bay Three is as large as a small town. Larger, perhaps. It's massively wide and tall, many-tiered, with rows upon rows of landing pads and towers connected by a vast network of interconnecting bridges, that go up as far as the eye can follow.

There are shops here, and cantinas, for those just getting out or preparing to get into their ships, and at least a dozen exits and entrances scattered around the levels.

The escape pod goes gliding through the containment field and crashes down on the lowest level, spinning as it goes. It's lucky it's well-cushioned and padded, really - with no proper way to land, a controlled crash is the best Guppy and Will could've hoped for.

Nevertheless, it eventually comes to a stop, down at the base of several towers. This lowest level doesn't have many people - it's mostly droids hurrying about to do maintenance, with a few ships that look like they've seen better days.
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After their twelve hours inside the safe house, there's a sharp ringing from the computer, and a hum and click from the door.

The ringing lasts all of a few minutes, before the blurry Kaleesh appears again.

"Meet us on the Central Bridge. Your computer has a map." With that, he's gone again.
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They've been skimming the planet for all of ten minutes when another ship, rather larger, moves close to them.

Dahari, the Kaleesh's voice comes over one of the speakers. "I believe we specified a meeting point. No harm done, however. We've located an escape pod, near one of the old temples. We're sending the coordinates now."

Lagos taps a few keys, then alters course. Five minutes later, a vast, off-white structure with numerous spires comes into view, and on its rooftop, a tiny ant-like person waving a bright light.

There's a slight whoosh as Lagos takes the ship down to land on the rooftop.
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They've been traveling for three days.

Atton's currently in the galley, hair still damp and curling slightly from his shower (real water! This is a fancy ship, he feels), making nerfburgers. His sword is propped up against one of the chairs, in his line of sight.
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Atton's found wooden swords for Guppy and Will (for Guppy, so that he can learn with them, for Will, so that he can help teach Guppy without cutting Guppy's sword up accidentally), and cleared a large space in the cargo bay.

"'Kay. Adjust your stance, slightly," Atton says to Guppy.

[OOM] Ilum.

Jun. 2nd, 2009 09:54 pm
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The Dragonfly spends quite a while skimming the planet, before Atton eventually finds a cave large enough to land in.

When Atton heads outside, he's got a very thick, long coat (over his regular long coat), gloves, a warm hat and a very big scarf. He's still rubbing his hands and shivering.

"I can't get a signal through to the Enclave, so we're going to have to walk. It isn't too far."
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Atton had intended to get some extra food with Will, but Ilum doesn't have a great deal of appetising things to eat.

On the bright side, though, the kitchens and mess hall are deserted, so nobody will take their food.

"They, er," Atton eyes a box. "They have dry, salty biscuits? They might be good."
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The guest quarters are large and warm, but not especially well lit. There are crystals here, but not a great deal, so there's only a half light in the chamber.

There are also footsteps. Just light, tapping, from no distinct direction, but they're just about audible.
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They have all of an hour to get up, shower, have breakfast and get ready before Atton is rushing off, yelling back at Will and Guppy about how they should start making tracks.

Five minutes later, they arrive in the hangar bay, and Atton starts looking around for their snowspeeders. He's a little miffed when he sees what they have instead.

Furry animals, about halfway between mammal and flightless bird, with reins and harnesses.

"I thought we were getting snowspeeders, not tauntauns," he protests.

The Jedi he's talking to shakes their head, sadly. "Snowspeeders are all broken."
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